Korean Film Festival 2012

Overview

Back bigger and better than ever, the Korean Film Festival returns to Australia for the third time, celebrating this vibrant culture on the silver screen.

The festival will have something for everyone, with feature films, short films, documentaries and animations covering almost every genre, from war epics and gangster flicks to tales of romance and erotica. The program includes the iconic Old Boy (set to be remade for 2012 by Spike Lee), which you can see back-to-back in a 'Korean Cult Cinema' double with the dark new animation The King of Pigs, returning to screens after screening in competition at the Sydney Film Festival.

Away from the big screen, a number of cultural events will further explore Korean cinema and culture. There are also short film competitions, Q&A sessions and special guest appearances. A chat with Kang Hyeong-Cheol, writer and director of the blockbuster comedy Scandal Makers, about a radio DJ who learns in his 30s that he may be a grandfather, and Russell Edwards, a critic from Variety and SBS Film, will inject entertainment into the program of cinematic enlightenment.